Wallpaper author:
Alessandro Motta
02 Jan 2025
🌌 NGC 3572 & NGC 3579 – Cosmic Beauty in Carina 🌌
This breathtaking image reveals the intricate details of NGC 3572 (the Bubble Nebula) and the surrounding NGC 3579, located in the Carina constellation. These regions are a vibrant combination of star clusters, emission nebulae, and dark dust lanes, all shaped by intense stellar winds and radiation.
Dataset from which the image was processed
M52
5 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 349.7912 Dec 61.4523
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Northern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Spain
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................11 Jun 2023 - 15 Jul 2023
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SII | 346 | 2h30m | 26 |
| OIII | 346 | 2h30m | 26 |
| Halpha | 208 | 1h30m | 26 |